I am writing this article on holiday, deep in the English countryside of rural Dorset. The only sounds are of birds, and the occasional lamb baah-ing in the meadow next door. It’s hard to imagine …more
A few entrepreneurial young Leaside students have decided that this summer instead of looking for a job and working for someone else, they would open their own business and employ themselves. Matthew Gehring, a third-year …more
Some good news for Leaside heritage! We are well on the way to saving the Talbot quads! This story picks up from the March Leaside Life story, which dealt with 1755-1757 Bayview Ave., the quad …more
As a participant in the wild world of Toronto planning, one quickly learns to recognize the driving role of the province’s Growth Plan and its direction for intensification around major transit station areas. The aims …more
Whether you’re ordering a takeout drink or a cold beverage in a local eatery, you’ll likely get a plastic drinking straw, one of 57 million used by Canadians each day. Single use plastic straws have …more
Leaside High School’s recent graduate, Anna Postill, 17, is a young woman of many accomplishments, two of which have been featured in previous Leaside Life articles: her partnership with her sister in an online business …more
Every journey has its predictable and unexpected, mundane and exceptional, annoying and delightful elements. Dementia is a unique journey that arrives unannounced making it challenging to prepare for and navigate. Whether you, a family member …more
Unlike front yards, backyards are private spaces that can be used in many ways. A perennial garden, a playground for the kids or a quiet place to reflect. A backyard can be whatever you want …more
On Saturday, June 30, The Leaside Pub hosted a fine celebration of Canada’s first airmail delivery a hundred years ago at the old Leaside Aerodrome and also paid tribute to the pilots and mechanics trained …more
Montreal planner Frederick Gage Todd, who designed Leaside’s layout, exerted a strong influence over the naming of some of Leaside’s streets. One example is Rolland Road, named after Quebec’s Jean-Damien Rolland, born 1841, whose father …more
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